WELCOME TO TEKWA
From Nairobi, Kenya, TEKWA will take you on an adventure of a lifetime:
Discover the Cradle of Humanity around the alluring Jade Sea (Lake Turkana), explore the majestic Lake Victoria in ‘Western’, its enchanting Rusinga Island and Thimlich Ohinga (8th UNESCO Heritage site in Kenya) (coming soon). Immerse yourself in the picturesque Swahili coast from Mombasa in Kenya all the way to Dar es-Salaam and Kilwa in Tanzania (coming soon), or simply join us on an unforgettable discovery walk through the history of Nairobi, Kenya’s Green City in the Sun!
Our tours are guided by a professional Swiss historian specialized in African/Kenyan history who speaks English, German, French and Spanish.
If history, anthropology, paleontology, discovering breathtaking landscapes and meeting the colourful peoples of Africa is your ‘thing’, then we are delighted to welcome you on one of our scheduled/tailor-made tours to some of the most fascinating places in East Africa…
Our Cultural Tours to Turkana
Explore Kenya's history and the fascinating culture of East Turkana with Tekwa. Get in touch with people still following their traditions as pastoralists, fishermen or hunters and gatherers.
Our 8-day-tour leads as far North as Loiyangalani, a unique little town on the shores of the largest desert lake in the world. It takes us 3 days to reach there, 3 days during which we pass from fertile agricultural land to semi-arid territory and finally into the vast stone desert that characterizes Northern Kenya. In Loi we meet with some of the 14 ethnic groups living in Marsabit County. From Loiyangalani we cross over to North Horr – El Gade – Kalacha, three ll beautiful little oasis. Another highlight will be the drive through the Chalbi Desert, the largest salt desert in East Africa. On our way back to Nairobi we pass through Marsabit and Samburu.
Our 12-day tour takes you also up to Loiyangalani from where we continue up North to Alia Bay and Illeret at the Ethiopian border. At the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) we dive into the earliest history of our forefathers. Later we visit one of the fossils’excavation sites. While in Loi we already met some of the ethnic groups living in Marsabit County and calling this dry, arid desert land their home. Up North we also interact with the Dassanach ,living around Illeret as well as across the border. There we shall also enjoy a typical Ethiopian lunch. On the way back to Nairobi we go through Marsabit and Samburu.
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The tour was impressive. I am really grateful to Therese for organising such tours, because on our own we would have never ventured into these parts of the country. On the other hand, the tour is very well organised, we were always well taken care of and never felt a slightest danger. You don’t have to be a super-risky adventurer to take part; we had 10-12 year old kids in the group. Therese goes out of her way to provide a lot of background information and hire knowledgeable local guides. So it’s not only seeing, but also learning a lot. I am looking forward to my next tour with Tekwa Cultural Tours.
From our blog
A CULTURAL ADVENTURE THROUGH THE KENYAN RIFT SYSTEM
Embark on a unique journey from Nairobi to the Northern most part of Kenya at the Ethiopian border. PART I Our journey starts in Nairobi, a 4 Mio. Metropolis and ends in the desert of Northern Kenya, at the origins of Lake Turkana, near the unmarked border to Ethiopia...
RENDILLE
On its 12-day tour to East Turkana TEKWA visits Koobi Fora and Illeret, places which are very remote, close to the Ethiopian border. Very few tourists find their way up there. Koobi Fora is the old research station of Richard and Meave Leakey, nowadays run by National...
KOOBI FORA AND ILLERET
On its 12-day tour to East Turkana TEKWA visits Koobi Fora and Illeret, places which are very remote, close to the Ethiopian border. Very few tourists find their way up there. Koobi Fora is the old research station of Richard and Meave Leakey, nowadays run by National...
Eliye Springs
On our December tour we explored new territory and crossed Lake Turkana to the Western side, where we stayed at Eliye Springs LODGE, owned by our old friend Rolf Gloor. The boat ride in Rolfs speed boat took about 1 hour and was great fun. At the lodge we enjoyed the...
EL MOLO
Loiyangalani is a multi-ethnic little town of 30,000 inhabitants. Being an oasis with a reliable source it hardly ever suffers from lack of water. And it seems to be spared by the rains as in January, when we met with heavy downpours all over the North, Loi was the...
Loiyangalani
Loiyangalani is a multi-ethnic little town of 30,000 inhabitants. Being an oasis with a reliable source it hardly ever suffers from lack of water. And it seems to be spared by the rains as in January, when we met with heavy downpours all over the North, Loi was the...